Rail-joint.



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. 11m, JOINT. APPLIOATIdN FILED NOV. 1 2, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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enn mcco AND viro sumo, or NEW-CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 12, 1912. Ser ialNo. 731,019.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that we, JOHN Mroco, citizen ofthe United States of America, and Vrro Gumo, subject of the King ofItaly, residing at New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.

' Rail-Joints, of. which the following is a and to provide afastener-that obviates the r so necessity of usingbolts and nutsa's afastening means for splice bars.

Other objects of our invention are to provide a rail fastener embodyingsplice bars that are connected together in a manner to preventlongitudinal displacementof rails and at the same time affording asmooth tread for rolling stock and to provide a rail joint consisting ofcomparatively few parts, inexpensive to manufacture, durable, easy toassemble, and highly efficient, for the purposes for which it isintended.

-With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangements of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, whrein':- d

Fignre l is a side elevation of a rail joint in accordancewith ourinvention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 isa cross sectional view of the rail joint, Fig. 4 is a. perspective viewof akey or wedge adapted to form part of the rail joint.

Furtherdescribing the invention in detail with reference to the drawingwherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout :1 denotesrails having the webs 2 thereof'provided with openings 3, such asaccommodate the bolts ordinarily used in connection with splice bars fbrconnecting the confronting or abutting ends of rails.

4 and 5 denote splice bars having the lat-- 'eral flanges 6 thereofprovided with inwardly projecting tie plates 7 that extend under thebase flanges 8 of said rails. The splice bars 4 and 5 have the inner.sides thereof provided with pins 9 that extend into the openings 3 ofthe rails to prevent longitudinal displacement thereof.

Thetie plates 7 of the splice bars l and 5,

intermediate the ends thereof, are provided with transversely aliningopenings 10 and these openings accommodate a tapering key Patented Sept.30, 1913.

or wedge 11 that is driven into said openings. The small end of the keyor wedge has a plurality of openings 12 to receive cotter pins 13 orother locking means for re taining the key or wedge in the openings 10,wherebythe tieplates'of the splice bars will be locked together, againstlateral displacement, thereby, vfirmly holdingthe 'rails injuxtaposition.

The outer edges of the splice bars t and 5 can be notched to receivespikes or other fas tening means employed for retaining the rail jointupon ties, sleepers'or suitable supp t f When rails that have been usedin connection with ordinary splice bars, bolts and nuts are encountered,each rail having the-web thereof providetl with a plurality of openlngs,the inner 's1de of the splice bar at can .be provided with a pluralityof pins 9,

whereby the pins will extend into the openings of said rails and holdsaid rails against longitudinal displacement.

One embodiment of our invention has been illustrated and we reserve therightto make such changes as fallwithin the scope of the appended claim.

What we claim is In a rail.- joint, the combination with a pair ofopposing rails having the web thereof provided with openings, of splicebars engaging the sides of said rails and pro- I vided with flangesengaging the bases of the rails, pins carried by said splice bars ande;-

. tending intosaid openings to prevent longitudinal displacement of saidrails relative to the splice bars, angle sliaped tie plates of greaterthickness than' 'jthe flanges of said splice bars, the vertical portionsof said tie plates integral with said flanges and opposingthe'longitudinal' edges the bases of the rails, the horizontal portionsof said tie plates supporting the bases of the rails, and each of thesame thickness throughout, said horizontal portions abutting andprovided intermediate their upper and lower faces with" transverselyextending alining openings, each of said openings of a length equal tothe Width of that horizontal portion in In testimony whereof We afiixour signetures in the presence of two witnessesf t. JOHN MICCO.

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which the opening is formed, said alining openings tapering from end toend, a tapering key fitted in said openings for connecting said tieplates together and out of engagement with the base flanges of therails, and means extending through the smaller end of said key for"maintaining it in said openings.

Witnesses:

ARCANGELO CANNAVICCI, JOHN B. MATURO.

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Washington, D 0.

